"Research on short-term momentum in asset prices says that if you had a strong six months of steady asset appreciation, that tends to drive further price appreciation," he said.
Capula Investment Management posted a string of strong returns and steady asset growth, even during the depths of the crisis; assets at Capula have more than tripled since Goldman first invested in the firm, to about $13 billion today.
A fund with steady assets "is the only way we make money," said Porter Morgan, senior vice president for marketing at Liberty Financial, which bought Wanger Asset Management in October and plans to change its Acorn funds into load funds.
Investors view them as relatively safe, steady assets that look better when growth is uncertain and the rest of the market is in turmoil.
The wealthiest group also wasn't keen on super-steady assets like insurance and mutual funds, devoting less than 1% of their holdings to each, while the merely rich put more than twice as much of their total nest egg in these two investments.
Traditional approaches of project financing are considered less attractive vis-à-vis the innovative PPPABS financing method, regarding liquidity, steady operational asset, risk sharing, bankruptcy remoteness, long maturity, and standardization.
Rather than invest in lavish Saudi-style projects like the megacity Neom, Qatar could invest in steady infrastructure assets — around Africa, for example, maybe partnering with Chinese entities.
In order to become a shared owner, you will need to have a steady job, assets and/or good credit.
The deal was the latest transaction for a company built on a steady flow of asset swaps and financial shuffling.
"The B.O.J. will continue to pursue easy monetary policy via steady purchases of assets," he added, referring to the Bank of Japan.
What that means is that it's okay for the fund manager to have a trigger finger but the fund investor should stay put, generating a steady stream of assets and fees, year in, year out.
